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    Weird Wat in Korat

    For some months now we've seen very slow construction going on at what looks like a chedi or wat just poking up over the trees off Mittrapap Highway.

    I decided I'd try to find the place to see what it was. But, it seemed impossible to find. Any roads leading in the correct direction were either dead end or ended up heading the wrong way.

    Well, yesterday I finally got to the place by turning in to the Queen Sirikit Sericulture center and following a car as it wound it's way through the grounds.

    The place is strange. There is no proper road leading into it anywhere; no gate, no signs, nothing. I asked a woman on the grounds what the name of the wat was and she had to think a while and then said it was "Wat Pha" or maybe "Wat Pha Sa Lo". Much later I located a sign just off a secondary road which says that the wat is named:



    Here are some more photos of the wat. The grounds appear to be very old. The structure under construction is only partly finished and is in a very eclectic style that just doesn't fit in with anything I've ever seen:










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    BD are you sure its not a place disguised as a wat.. where "you know who" holds t3rror!st?

    guantanamo is under a lot of pressure and
    'they' can't keep their prisoners airborne flying them around Eastern Europe in C-130 prison planes for ever

    think about all the frequent flier miles these guys could accumulate if under normal circumstances!

    nice photos btw

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    The colour scheme and choice of cars says it all

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    Did somebody slash the tyres on those cars?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dougal
    Did somebody slash the tyres on those cars?
    No, I think they've just gone flat. Never used. In the background the one under the grey cover is a classic old Mercedes. The one in the middle of the three lined up is an old Volvo.

    Anyone able to pronounce the Thai name? Ms. B couldn't quite figure it out.

    Wat daen songop asopanam?

    The whole place was so weird.

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    Have you got any cheese Thetyim's Avatar
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    My Wifey says

    Wat Daen Sangop Arsaparam

    Daen Sangop means peaceful place

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    ^
    Thanks. At least I wasn't too far off. Still a beginning reader....

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    shouldn't this be in the disgusting buildings thread?

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    You fans of weird wats please have a look at the weird wat in this thread:

    Wat Bha Rak Roi (Wat Bha Rak Roi - Nakorn Ratchasima (Korat))

    I'm terribly disappointed that no one seems to have an interest in it.
    Last edited by buadhai; 21-08-2006 at 07:23 PM.

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    I think it is Wat Sa-ngop A-sa-bha-ram. Ohh yeah, I agree with Thetyim.

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    Quote Originally Posted by buadhai
    I'm terribly disappointed that no one seems to have an interest in it.
    Give me a couple of days and I will post some piccies of a wat near me.

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